. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist. 1037 ,^%-^? rlllK. CHRISTMAS BASKET BY S. MUIR, CHICAGO. Croton. Bi'gonia Gloire do Lorraine, Primula Obconica, Whitmani and Otiiir Ferns. died out of popularity. It has an ex- quisite effect if given a surrounding' belt of tile pasciue flower. Anemone Pulsatilla, another April bloomer. Au- brietia deltoidea Columnoe is an attrac- tive lilac-mauve edging subject for this bed, or, if the pasque flower i^s not used, all the surrounding might well be of Alyssum saxatile eitrinum, the lemon
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist. 1037 ,^%-^? rlllK. CHRISTMAS BASKET BY S. MUIR, CHICAGO. Croton. Bi'gonia Gloire do Lorraine, Primula Obconica, Whitmani and Otiiir Ferns. died out of popularity. It has an ex- quisite effect if given a surrounding' belt of tile pasciue flower. Anemone Pulsatilla, another April bloomer. Au- brietia deltoidea Columnoe is an attrac- tive lilac-mauve edging subject for this bed, or, if the pasque flower i^s not used, all the surrounding might well be of Alyssum saxatile eitrinum, the lemon of which shows up the rich gold of the rocket. Then there is bugle, one of the familiar woodland spring flowers. Ajuga osmafera has evergreen foliage, a spreading habit, and such a hardy nature that it can do with light or heavy soil, sunshine or shadow, but in shade it grows tall. Many gardeners are confused between this plant and Ajuga reptans, but the latter creeps over the soil and does not begin until May to give the blue blossoms, which unlike those of the other, are flushed with rose. The variegated form is of considerable value also, but it reaches a foot high instead of the six inches of the green-leaved type. The mass of deep blue that bugles offer is of real value in the spring lawn beds. Alyssum Benthami is little known. The blossom is white, and has a much softer effect than that of the arabis, the height varying from nine tr^ twelve inches. Achillea millefolium Cerise Queen, cherry-red, and often two feet high, is one of the perennials that may be used as a spring bedder, then re- moved to a sunny border to continue in bloom all the summer and autumn. Nepeta italica is a tall purple flower that attracts notice because it supplies a needed note of color in the April gar- den. Dwarf yellow wallflowers could accompany this, and the edge might be of Lamium maculatum, also pur- ple, whose white-striped dwarf foliage has a neat appearance. Dablla Storagfe. For 20 years
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